The Alaska Highway

Today we began our trek on the Alaska Highway.  We started at Milepost "0" in Dawson Creek and finished at Milepost "300" in Fort Nelson.  The Alaska Highway was constructed during World War II to connect contiguous United States to Alaska.  It was completed in 1942.  The highway opened to the public in 1948.  At the beginning it was known as a rough, challenging drive, but over the years the road was rerouted, straightened and paved.  It was actually one of the best roads we have driven so far this trip.  Much of the road was recently paved and there was hardly any traffic on the road.  We drove for miles not seeing any vehicles.  The disappointing thing was that we didn't see any wildlife either.  We are recently excited for tomorrow's drive where we will be crossing over the Canadian Rockies.